4O AGARICACE.E Tricholoma 



120. T. earneum Quel. (from its flesh-colour ; card) a b c. 



P. becoming whitish. St. attenuate downwards, paler than P. 



G. white. Flesh white. 

 Fields and waysides in woods ; frequent. May-Oct. if X ii X i in. 



121. T. eselatum Gill, (from its umbilicus, chiselled out; calum, a 



chisel) a b c. 

 P. becoming flocculose, brownish, then pale grey. St. pale 



brown. G. dull white or grey. 

 Woods, downs. April-Sept. \\ X i\ X ^ in. Resembling certain species 



of Omphalia. 



122. T. gambosum Gill, (from the hoof-like pileus ; gamba, a hoof) 



a b c. Buff-white. 



P. hemispherical. G. crowded. 



Solitary or 2-3 connate ; in large rings or troops. Edible if gathered in dry 

 weather and not rank smelling. Odour strong of new meal, pleasant, 

 varying to rank as in Polyporus squamosus. Fields and downs. April- 

 July. 3fX2Xi&in. " St. George's mushroom." Must not be confounded 

 with 133 or the solitary form of 123. 



123. T. albellum Quel (albus, white) a b c. 



P. conical, then convex, pale dull yellowish-white. St. ovato- 

 bulbous, colour as P. G. very crowded. 



Solitary or connate. Taste pleasant ; odour weak. Woods. April-Oct. 

 Solitary 3 x 2 x I in. Connate if x i& X & in. The connate form 

 must not be confounded with connate 153. 



124. T. boreale Karst. (from its growing chiefly in northern countries ; 



borealis^ northern) a b c. 



P. subumbonate, flesh-colour. St. attenuate downwards, pale 

 flesh-colour. G. crowded. 



Said to be edible. Odour of fresh meal. Grassy places. 2| x 2| x in. 

 Not unlike 648 in general appearance. 



125. T. amethystinum Gill, (from its colour) a. 

 P. livid lilac or grey-purple. St. livid. 

 Woods, pine. Sept. 2 X 2 X in. 



126. T. tigrinum Quel. (from the markings on the pileus) a b. 

 P. pallid brown, spotted-brown. St. white. 



Solitary or csespitose. Odour usually none, sometimes fetid. Woods, fir, 

 open places; rare. June- July. Allied to 129 and 142. 



127. T. pes-eaprse Quel. (from a fancied resemblance in the stem to 



a goat's foot, pes-caprce) a c. 



P. umbonate, fragile, grey or brownish; marg. cracked. St. 

 brownish-white. G. becoming ashy, rarely olive. 



Odour of meal. Open places, under oaks. Oct.-Nov. i X 2f x f in. 

 Var. multiforme Mass. Smaller and flesh of pileus thinner than type, 

 gregarious. 



